Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie
Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie | |
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| File:Helen "Nellie" Jacobs Smillie, 1887 (cropped).jpg Helen Sheldon Jacobs Smillie, circa 1870 | |
| Born | Helen Sheldon Jacobs September 14, 1854 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | July 31, 1926 (aged 71) New York City, New York, United States |
| Other names | Nellie Sheldon Jacobs Smillie, Helen Jacobs Smillie |
| Education | Cooper Union, National Academy of Design |
| Occupation | Visual artist |
| Known for | Painter, watercolorist |
| Spouse | George Henry Smillie (m. 1881–1921; his death) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | James David Smillie (brother in-law) |
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Helen "Nellie" Sheldon Jacobs Smillie (née Helen Sheldon Jacobs; 1854 – 1926) was an American painter, known for genre painting and watercolors.[1][2] She often used the signature N.S.J. Smillie, and the name Nellie Sheldon Jacobs Smillie.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Helen Sheldon Jacobs was born on September 14, 1854, in New York City, New York to parents Helen Sheldon and Samuel J. Jacobs.[1][3]
She studied painting at the Cooper Union, and the National Academy of Design.[3] She also took private art lessons from James David Smillie, and Joseph Oriel Eaton.[1][2]
She met painter George Henry Smillie through her teacher, his brother James. In June 1881, she married George at All Souls' Church in New York City.[4][5][6] Together they had three sons.[3][7][8] They shared an art studio on East 36th Street in Manhattan.[9] She was a member of the American Watercolor Society.[1]
A year prior to her death she was ill with a heart condition.[3] Smillie died on July 31, 1926, in at Hotel Shelton in New York City.[3]
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